Indicating device



Sept. 11, 192s.

' J. E MANN INDIGATING DEVICE Filed Dec. 27. 1925 INVENTOR JOHN E MHNNATTORNEY Patented Sept. 1l, 1928.

,PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. MANN, OF SNOHOMISI-I, WASHINGTN.

INDICATING DEVICE.

Application filed December 27, 1926. Serial No.1157,183.

This invention relates to an advertising novelty and information device,and more particularly to a device for indicating distances betweencertain places and for indicating other items such as lprices of oil,gasoline, etc.; the principal object of the invention being to' providea device of the above character thatv may be lused advantageously forthe purposes above stated at gasoline stations, tourists camps, andsimilar places. v

- More specifically stated, it is the object of the invention to providea device of the above character embodying a supporting frame structurewherein discs are rotatably mounted and which bear certain informationwhich is rendered intelligible whenbrought by rotative movement of thediscs into registering alinement with information that is contained onthe frame structure.

In accompanying these and other objects of the invention, I haveprovided the improved details of construction the preferred forms ofwhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 isa face view of an advertising device and indicator embodied by thepresent invention; certain parts of the frame structure being brokenaway for the purpose -of better illustration.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a central, horizontal section on the line 3-3 in Figure 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawings- The frame, or supportingstructure, of the device comprises front and rear,` spaced standards 1and 2 which attheir lower ends are adapted to be fixed to any supportingmeans, such as a post or the like as indicated at 3, and at their upperends they are bent toward each other and are secured together by anysuitable means, such as the rivets 4. n

Disposed between the standards 1 and 2, is a circular disc 5 that isrevolubly mounted on a bolt 6 that is extended between the standards andwhich has a wing nut 7 threaded thereon that may be tightened fortheppurpose of drawing the frame parts together and against the discsuthciently to hold the latter, by frictional contact, against freelyrotating, and yieldable at different positions of adjustment.

Disposed concentrically `of the disc 5 against its opposite side, yarediscs 8 and 9.

These are .of lesser diameter than the disc 5 and leave the peripheralportion ofthe lat- 'ter exposed for the display of advertising matterorlinformation that may be printed or otherwise placed thereon as isshown at 10. f 1 Printed in radial yalinement about the peripherles ofthe exposed surfaces of the discs 8 and 9, arethe names ofcities, townsor localities and thesev names are so located that they mayl beindividually brought, by rotation of the discs, into registeringalinement beneath the outer end portions ofV slots 12 that' are formedhorizontally in circularly enlarged portions 13-13 of the standards 1and 2; these circular enlargements being concentric with respect tothebolt 6, but are of lesser diameter than the discs 8 and 9 so as, toleave ythe peripheral portions of the latter, whereon thenames areprinted, eX-

the names of the localities about their peripheries and also arranged incircular ahnement about the center of the disc at such distances fromthe center that theywill be exposed through Athe slots 12 directly inalinement beneath the names of the localities that are printed on theframe parts, are

certain numerals which designate the distance in miles betweenthelocality with which they are alined when exposed within the slots 12,and the localities marked on the peripheries of the discs in radialalinement therewith. For example, alined with the name Portland on thedisc 8 are the numerals 210, 168 and 240 which, by that rotativemovement of the disc which will bring the name Portland into registeringalinement beneath the slot 12, will respectively beV exposed in the slotdirectly beneath the names Seattle Tacoma and Everett, therebyindicating the distance in miles between these localities and the cityof Portland.

- The circular yenlargements 13-13 of the frame parts are only of suchdiameter as to cover the areas of the discs lying within the in theparts 13- 3 circleY of names about their peripheries. rfhis leaves thenaines exposed, and since they are preferably alphabetically arranged,any desired name may be easily located. rllhere are radial extensions 16at opposite sides of the parts 13--13 and slots 12 are extended intothese extensions so that the name of a locality selected on the discs 8and 9 may be exposed beneath the slot when a reading is to be made.

I have also provided segmental pieces 0f discs 18 and 19 which arepivot-ally mounted .on the'bolt 6 and which have circular rows ofnumerals thereon adapted to be moved into alineinent with the names ofcertain products or articles for sale, which are printed adjacenthorizontal slots 25 formed diametrically alined with the slots 12, toindicate the prices of such articles or products. The present drawingshows the words Gas and Oil printed on the frame adjacent the slot 25,and the discs 18 and 19 bear rows of numerals which n'iay be broughtinto alineinent with these' words 'to indicate the price at any certaintime.

As a means of stillening the discs S and 9 and also to provide means forfacilitating their rotative movement, l have provided them withoutturned peripheral flanges 26 which form finger grips for adjustingthem to dil'lerent positions.

- Devices of this character may be made Vin various sizes and may bemounted and used in variousways and they afford an easy and satisfactoryway of displaying advertising mattei' and for dispensing certaininformation that is frequently asked for at touristsr camps, gasolinestations and similar places. `liliaving thus described my invention,what I `claim as new thereinand desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

The `combination with a supporting post,

of an indicating` device comprising spaced,

and a clamping nut on the pin whereby the standards may be drawntogether to hold the disks at adjusted positions.

Signed at Everett, /Vashington this 1st day of December, 1926.

JOHN E. MANN.

